Alliance for Wireless Power shows off its spec’s spatial freedom

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The Alliance for Wireless Power’s (A4WP) board approved its spec on January 2, 2013 — the spec itself was approved back in October — and we’re already seeing them showing off some of the capabilities we’ll benefit form as consumers. One of the key differences in the A4WP spec is being touted as spatial freedom which will see greater flexibility in how the wireless power is integrated into devices and even surfaces. Multiple devices can be charged at once even if they each have different power requirements and the devices don’t even need to physically touch the surface — so feel free to stack your tablets and phones one on top of each other. We’re all for convenient charging as long as our furniture still looks pretty and isn’t at risk of catching on fire. PR is after the break if you’re inspired to give it a read.

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Alliance for Wireless Power approves its specification, edges closer to truly cable-free charging

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Design by committee might not be the death knell for technology after all. Over four months after the Alliance for Wireless Power was founded in earnest, the coalition has already greenlit a specification for its partners to work from. The guideline lets device makers start building devices that charge through a magnetic resonance technology more forgiving of distance and material than Qi while simplifying the process through short-range wireless formats like Bluetooth 4.0. While the A4WP group hasn’t made all the details public, it’s holding meetings this week to speed up the commercialization process — it’s here that we’ll learn whether the corporate bureaucracy is just as quick at getting wireless charging hardware into our hands as it is handshaking on standards.

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